ANTH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Forensic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Primatology
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Overview: career fair coming up in wade king, biological anthropology. Emphasizes humans as biological organisms, genetics, evolution and human variation. Analyzes fossils and observes living primates to reconstruct the ancestry of the human species. The biocultural perspective focuses on the interaction of biology and culture. Example: many cultures alter their bodies for various reasons. Ex mayan skeletal remains demonstrate dental surgery (inlaid jade) circa 1300-1100 years before the present. We modify our bodies today in the us too: tattoos, piercings, plastic surgery, dental work/modification, haircuts etc: subfields of biological anthropology. Paleoanthropology: human evolution, studying the biology and culture of past humans. Genetics: human dna , evolutionary relationships, migration patterns, blood types, disorders. There were 4 distinct human populations during ice age. Human variation: growth and development, phenotypic variability. Physical and biological anthropology are synonymous to a point. Today with genetic and dna information it is more biological based. Osteology: study of human skeleton (usually ancient. )
